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When I heard about this matter, I (A)tore my garment and my robe, and pulled some of the hair from my head and my beard, and (B)sat down in consternation. Then (C)everyone who trembled at the words of the God of Israel on account of the unfaithfulness of the exiles gathered to me, and I sat appalled until (D)the evening offering.

Ezra’s Confession

But at the evening offering I arose from my [a]affliction, even with my garment and my robe torn, and I fell on my knees and (E)stretched out my [b]hands to Yahweh my God;

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Footnotes

  1. Ezra 9:5 Or fasting
  2. Ezra 9:5 Lit palms